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Northwest Composites in Marysville said yesterday it has won a $400 million contract to provide linings for the passenger cabin and cargo hold of Boeing’s new 787.

The contract, good for about 15 years of production, could lead to 150 to 300 more jobs at the composites supplier, said Jerry Goodwin, general manager and vice president. The company now employs about 480.

There are no plans to expand the company’s three factories, which total 350,000 square feet and are in Marysville.

Northwest Composites has worked with Boeing on several projects, including supplying interiors for the 767-200, 767-300 and 767-400. It engineered, certified and fabricated parts for the “new look interior” of the 767s, which now have the curved, smooth lines of a Boeing 777.